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By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 6, Term 2 1993

le provide access to INTERNET, the international bulletin board. If you would like to know more about INTERNET send for Craig Howley's article "Of ubiquity and the Internet", in Emergency Librarian, March -April, 1993, p 34. In the same edition of Emergency Librarian (p. 57-58) Anne Clyde continue

Jewish Resources On-Line at Makor

By Ros Collins

Issue 6, Term 2 1993

ernight courier services ensure that schools and individuals in even the most remote towns will receive materials promptly, and phone, mail and fax enquires are part of the daily routine. The objective of Makor Jewish Library is to provide a range of resources on Judaism, Jewish History and Cultur

New SCIS Subject Headings

By Ellen Paxton

Issue 6, Term 2 1993

Revised Soviet Union Republic Headings These headings, listed below, have recently been approved by the SCIS cataloguing agencies for publication in the forthcoming third edition of the SCIS subject Headings List. Please feel free to add them to your existing catalogue. ARMENIA May be subdi

AON vs ISBN

By Nicole England

Issue 6, Term 2 1993

Which should I use when ordering through ASCISRECON? To order your records via ASCISRECON you mainly use either SCIS Order Numbers (AONs) or ISBNs, or a combination of both. ISBNs Ordering by ISBNs is not as reliable as ordering by SCIS Order Numbers (AONs) for the following reasons: IS

Issue 5 Summary

By Editor

Issue 5, Term 1 1993

Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: In this issue Dianne Lewis My ASCISRECON Experience Angie Barillaro, Teacher-Librarian ASCISRECON Information Online and Ondisc 93 Lance Deveson, Curriculum Corporation Have

In this Issue

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 5, Term 1 1993

This year Connections will continue to address issues related to technology in libraries. In this issue, we feature an article on ASCISRECON as well as an overview of the ONline/ONdisc conference held in Sydney during January 1993. In addition, Connections commences a regular column addressing

My ASCISRECON Experience

By Angie Barillaro

Issue 5, Term 1 1993

the package and received it immediately. There was a detailed but simple handbook to go with it and I found Lance Deveson patient and helpful with my questions. So the program was loaded on and there it was -ASCISRECON at a touch. Because staff was minimal, I did not see the point of looking up AS

ASCISRECON

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 5, Term 1 1993

ecord is 15 cents per record, and the minimum order is 1 00 records. Records can be supplied on either 5.25" or 3.5" disks in IBM format. Schools requiring more information about ASCISRECON should contact Curriculum Corporation and an information brochure on the program will be sent out. ASCIS R

Information Online and Ondisc 93

By Lance Deveson

Issue 5, Term 1 1993

e to try out some of the CD ROM products. Here I was able to try the different databases on disc offered by DIALOG and experience the searching techniques needed to retrieve the information, although to get access to the products meant forfeiting a workshop session such was the demand to try the pro

Have you not been able to find some recent resources on the SCIS Database?

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 5, Term 1 1993

The March Update (see calendar below for the date it should be at your school) will include an additional 7000 new titles added to the SCIS database through the efforts of the Western Australian Agency. The resource you were searching for but unable to locate may be included in the March Updates fo

The “Blue” (Subject Authority) Microfiche

By Schools Catalogue Information Service (SCIS)

Issue 5, Term 1 1993

also names of diseases, e.g. CANCER; etc. This instruction suggests that Anorexia or Anorexia Nervosa (which are allowable terms as defined by the Macquarie Dictionary) may well be valid headings but there still remains the question as to which is the preferred term. The subject Authority Microfiche

New Subject Headings

By Ellen Paxton

Issue 5, Term 1 1993

This information will now be regularly provided to Connections readers in this column. Below are a sample of some of the new subject headings which can be found in the latest SUBJECT HEADING AUTHORITY MICROFICHE or if you are using the SCIS Database on-line. Scope notes that will appear in t

Issue 4 Summary

By Editor

Issue 4, Term 4 1992

Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: In this issue Dianne Lewis A CD-ROM Network: NRCCLG Information Access Program Mary Connellan, St. Monica’s College VIC What is an Electronic Bulletin Board? Katrina Kolt Using

In this Issue

By Dianne Lewis

Issue 4, Term 4 1992

In previous issues this year we have discussed ways of accessing information electronically and of networking to share information. In this final issue for 1992 we return to these themes with an example of an innovative experiment in CD-ROM networking between a cluster of schools, and the use of el

A CD-ROM Network: NRCCLG Information Access Program

By Mary Connellan

Issue 4, Term 4 1992

nes of the funding. It was decided that the sharing of the CD ROMS would have to be achieved very economically. The idea of networking was out of the question because of the costs involved, but discussions with experts in the field told us that we could achieve a much cheaper but effective system wi

What is an Electronic Bulletin Board?

By Katrina Kolt

Issue 4, Term 4 1992

A bulletin board system (BBS) is a computer network that allows users to communicate with each other electronically, and share data. The linking of computers can be achieved by many means. These include dedicated cables, satellite links, telephone lines and other forms of electronic communication

Using a Remote Data Base in the classroom

By Roland Gesthuizen

Issue 4, Term 4 1992

very fortunate in my previous employment as a research scientist at ICI where technical literature searches were a normal part of answering technical questions or finding out what was going on. I was already familiar with setting up a computer, modem and searching an online database. My first exer

Using Bulletin Boards in a Primary School

By Allan Garbutt

Issue 4, Term 4 1992

rospects for Australia. Sir Mark Oliphant has written of his views which the pupils have read, discussed and responded to with their own comments and questions. In due course, Sir Mark Oliphant will reply and his response will form the basis for further group discussion. TIC TAC TOE A project I

Issue 3 Summary

By Editor

Issue 3, Term 3 1992

Please note this issue of Connections is only available in PDF format. Articles in this issue include: From the Executive Director David Francis, Curriculum Corporation Networking with Periodicals Catherine Ryan, CENET In this issue Dianne Lewis CD-ROM Reviews Dianne Lewis St

From the Executive Director

By David Francis

Issue 3, Term 3 1992

opportunity to observe that while the advocacy of the ACCESS article is appropriate and welcome, we have some disquiet about the way that argument has been mounted. Simply stated Curriculum Corporation has no intention of dimi